2009 · action · adventure · thriller
Ninja Assassin
Directed by James McTeigue1h 39m2009
Ninja Assassin follows Raizo, one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes. Now he waits, preparing to exact his revenge.
Our read: Ninja Assassin (2009) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive action · adventure · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- heavy
- kinetic
- extreme
- epic-stakes
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